At our human limits, when we've gone as far as flesh and imagination can take us, we meet the Eternal One. The Crow. Immemorially old, and inconsolable, he is there only for those who seek both revenge and love, and are willing to go all the way - and beyond.William Blessing is obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe. Like Poe, he is a writer of dark fantasy. And like Poe, he has powerful enemies. One of them pretends to be a friend, even as he plots to murder William and steal his wife. Blessing's only hope is to learn the truth about his "friend" before -But this is the realm of the Crow, where the grave is the doorway to truth. William must walk through it to discover Poe's final secret. Then, and only then, with the help of a darkwinged "Raven," can he return to feed on the human carrion who raped his wife and slaughtered his soul.